1965 Pacific typhoon season
The 1965 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1965, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.
The scope of this article is limited to the Pacific Ocean, north of the equator and west of the International Date Line. Storms that form east of the date line and north of the equator are called hurricanes; see 1965 Pacific hurricane season. Tropical Storms formed in the entire west pacific basin were assigned a name by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Tropical depressions in this basin have the "W" suffix added to their number. Tropical depressions that enter or form in the Philippine area of responsibility are assigned a name by the Philippine Weather Bureau. This can often result in the same storm having two names.
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from:01/12/1965 till:01/01/1966 text:December
A totla of 40 tropical depressions formed this year in the Western Pacific, of which 35 became tropical storms. A total of 21 storms reached typhoon intensity, of which a record-tying 11 reached super typhoon strength and 8 reached category 5.
Tropical Depression Atring
Possibly regenerated into Typhoon Patsy.Typhoon Patsy (Bining)
The remnants of Tropical Depression Atring is regenerated in to Typhoon Patsy.CMA Tropical Depression 4
The depression stayed at sea and it did not last long at all.Tropical Storm Sarah
Sarah did not make landfall in Vietnam but it caused some damage.Tropical Storm Thelma (Kuring)
Thelma was short-lived and it dissapated east in the Mindanao, Philippines.Tropical Storm Vera (Daling)
Vera made landfall in Samar as Tropical Depression. But Vera did not last long.Typhoon Wanda
Wanda did not impact land.Typhoon Amy (Elang)
Amy made landfall in Japan as Category 1.Tropical Depression 08W
08W did not last long. It stayed at short-lived tropical cyclone.Typhoon Babe
Babe made landfall in China and Taiwan.Typhoon Carla (Goring)
Carla formed with Babe. Carla rapidly intensified on June 1 but then rapidly weakened and then moved northeastward then dissipated on June 3.CMA Tropical Depression 12
This is the tropical depression only recognised by CMA.Super Typhoon Dinah (Huling)
A surge in the southern hemisphere indraft developed into Tropical Depression 11W on June 12 to the east of the Philippines. It tracked west-northwestward, quickly strengthening to a tropical storm that day and a typhoon on the 13th. Dinah continued to quickly intensify as it turned to the northwest, and attained a peak of 185 mph on the 17th to the northeast of Luzon. Its southerly inflow was cut off, and Dinah weakened as it turned to the north. It hit southern Taiwan on the 18th as a 140 mph typhoon, and weakened greatly over the island to a tropical storm. At this time, Dinah exhibited a rare false radar eye. Dinah turned to the northeast, where it became extratropical near Japan on June 20. The storm killed 45 people on its path, and destroyed 5000 homes on Taiwan.Tropical Storm Emma (Ibiang)
Emma affected the Philippines, Taiwan, Japan.CMA Tropical Depression 15
This is the tropical depression only tracked by CMA.Tropical Depression 13W (Luming)
13W is also known as Tropical Storm Luming by PAGASA.Super Typhoon Freda (Miling)
160 mph Super Typhoon Freda, which began its life on July 6, hit northern Luzon on the 13th. It crossed the island and the South China Sea, where it hit Hainan Island as a 115 mph typhoon on the 15th. Freda dissipated the next day over China, after causing heavy flooding killing an unknown number of people. In Hong Kong, Freda killed 2 people.CMA Tropical Depression 18
The depression stayed away from land, yet it did not last long.Tropical Storm Gilda (Narsing)
Gilda did not last long, although it caused some damage.CMA Tropical Depression 20
The depression did not last long.Typhoon Harriet (Openg)
Harriet hit Taiwan as a Category 3 typhoon.Super Typhoon Jean (Rubing)
Super Typhoon Jean, after reaching a peak of 160 mph on August 3, weakened slightly to hit southwestern Japan as a 150 mph super typhoon on August 5. The typhoon brought heavy winds to Southern Japan before becoming extratropical on the 7th. Typhoon Jean killed 28 people throughout Southern Japan.Typhoon Ivy (Pining)
Ivy did a loop and only survived 5 days before dissipating. Although Ivy did not make landfall in the Philippines it caused some damages.Tropical Storm Kim
Kim stayed at sea.Super Typhoon Lucy
On August 14 a tropical depression formed and was named Lucy after it became a tropical storm. Lucy became a typhoon and soon into a 175 mph super typhoon. Lucy weakened and struck Japan as a minimal typhoon. Lucy dissipated on August 24.Super Typhoon Mary (Saling)
175 mph Super Typhoon Mary weakened from its peak to hit eastern Taiwan on August 18 as a 105 mph typhoon. The typhoon brought strong winds and heavy rain before dissipating over China on the 20th.Super Typhoon Olive
Olive did not make landfall in land.Typhoon Rose (Unding)
Rose make landfall in the Philippines as Category 3.Super Typhoon Shirley
130 mph Typhoon Shirley, after weakening from a peak of 150 mph, hit southern Japan on September 10, causing moderate damage and heavy rain. Resulting floods and landslides killed 67 people and left 6 missing.Super Typhoon Trix (Walding)
Typhoon Trix struck central Honshū Island in Japan just days after Typhoon Shirley. Trix caused heavy rains. 98 people were killed and 9 were missing due to the resulting flooding and landslides.Typhoon Virginia
Virginia stayed in the sea.Tropical Storm Agnes
Tropical Storm Agnes struck Hong Kong killing 5 people.Super Typhoon Bess
Bess formed on the 25 September northeast of Pohnpei, Micronesia where it would track east for 18 hours. The next day, the storm would officially be recognized as a tropical depression on the Saffir-Simpson scale whilst moving northwest. Twelve hours later at 6pm, the depression would be upgraded to a tropical storm with barometric pressure of 998 hPa and would be assigned the name Bess by the JTWC.Once becoming a tropical storm, Bess would start drifting to the east. The storm would reach hurricane-force winds on the 27 September with winds of 120 km/h and would be recognized as a typhoon by the Japan Meteorological Agency. Bess reached Category 2 winds the next morning at 6am whilst gradually turning to the north. Bess would intensify and hit Category 4 winds exactly a day later on the 29th. Typhoon Bess would hit its peak intensity on the 30th September with 1-minute sustained winds of 280 km/h and barometric pressure of 900 hPa, sustaining it for 36 hours.
On the 1st October, the storm would weaken back into a Category 4 super typhoon and would begin weakening. Bess would become a Category 3 typhoon the next day on the 2nd; starting to move northeast. Another 18 hours later on the next day, the storm would begin rapidly weakening; becoming a Category 1 typhoon just 12 hours later. Unexpectedly on the 4th October, Bess would experience an extreme case of rapid intensification, jumping from winds of 150 to 205 km/h in just 6 hours. This intensity would be short lived as Bess weakened back to a Category 1 typhoon just 12 hours later.
Exactly 18 hours after Bess reached Category 4 intensity, the storm had dropped to winds of 110 km/h; a tropical storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Whilst moving to the northeast, the storm continued to weaken, briefly becoming a tropical depression on the 6th October and becoming an extratropical cyclone that same day. The now extratropical cyclone drifted east, passing Russia and then dissipated on the 8th October nearby Alaska.
Super Typhoon Carmen
Typhoon Carmen formed from a vortex developing on September 30, 1965, becoming a tropical depression on October 1 near Eniwetok Atoll. It intensified into a tropical storm on October 3 and a typhoon by October 5. Carmen rapidly strengthened, peaking as a Category 5 equivalent super typhoon with winds of 280 km/h and a central pressure of 914 hPa on October 6. Its eye passed over Pagan in the Mariana Islands that day, causing catastrophic damage on Agrihan where all structures and crops were destroyed, forcing permanent evacuation. Carmen maintained peak intensity until October 9, when cold air intrusion began weakening it east of Tokyo. It accelerated northeastward, transitioning to an extratropical cyclone. Carmen weakened further, passing over the Aleutian Islands on October 11 and entering the Gulf of Alaska before dissipating near southeastern Alaska on October 15.The typhoon caused severe impacts, particularly in the Northern Marianas. Before landfall, B-52s evacuated Guam. Agrihan was devastated. A major maritime disaster occurred when Carmen's center passed near Agrihan: seven fishing boats capsized attempting to flee, resulting in 1,290 tons lost, 208 people missing, and only 1 confirmed survivor. Relief efforts, including rebuilding Pagan's airstrip, were initiated.